Tribune exclusive: Pritzker’s secret offshore holdings revealed in Chicago duck boat land deal

A Chicago Tribune investigation found several offshore shell companies created between 2008 and 2011 — long after Abram “A. N.” Pritzker’s 1986 death — that are either wholly owned by J.B. Pritzker, his brother and business partner Anthony Pritzker, or list other close associates as controlling executives. The combination of Pritzker’s sprawling wealth, his decision not to release anything but the first two pages of his personal income tax returns, and the veiled existence of offshore companies tied to his businesses makes it difficult to determine the full scope of his assets or whether the Democratic governor candidate’s own financial interests may intersect — or conflict — with the business of the state of Illinois.